Explain exogamy with an example.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Exogamy (often used interchangeably with heterogamy) is a cultural practice of marrying outside one's group, such as not marrying one's relatives. In the United States, 25 states prohibit marriage between first cousins, but violations are rarely prosecuted (National Conference of State Legislatures, 2014). U.S. exogamy is growing. A Caucasian man marrying a Hispanic woman is an example of exogamy.
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In practice, sexual harassment in the workplace a. is an example of overt discrimination
b. has no real impact on women's employment. c. happens to men as often as it does to women. d. is an inevitable product of men and women working together.
Functionalist theory generally contends that sexual inequality survives because it was beneficial for society
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Kimberlé Crenshaw is known for her theory that courts often ignore the __________ of racial and gender discrimination
a. collective identity b. coalescence c. framing d. intersection
Talcott Parsons, the most influential Structural-Functionalist in modern sociology, argued what about the American family?
A. It was irreparably broken and should be replaced by communal living. B. Gender is socially constructed and women's viewpoint must be taken into account to fully understand the family experience. C. The husband holds the breadwinner role in the family, while the wife is in charge of maintaining family relationships. D. People develop their sense of self through interaction with others, thus the family experience is one of the earliest and most critical components of making a ‘self'.